Improvement in potato-planters



N. B. SHERWOOD. PoTAiro PLANTER.

` No. 84,309. Patented Nov. 24,1868.

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IMPROVEMENT IN POTATO-PLANTERS.

The Schedule referred to :ln these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whmn 'it may concen- Be it known that I, NORMAN B. SnnRWooD, of Millville, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Potatoellanter; and I do hereby dec-lare that the following is a full, clear, and exact desription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section. Y

The nature of my invention will be understood from the drawings and specifications.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe its'construction and oper# ation.

I make a box, F, of any desirable shape, in which an elevator is placed; The elevator consists of an iron chain, B, to which the cups C are fastened by a shank,

a, atequal distance apart. The cups C are made iiar ing at the top, so that the potatoes will discharge freely. The shank a is inserted in the links, and a rivet is put By fastening the cups C to the chain B in this manner, they are held firmly, and not allowed to move laterally. They may be fastened otherwise, hut I prefer this mode.

The upper pulley, F', has f'oked irons, f, inserted inv its periphery, in which the chain runs, and they prevent it fron'r siipping. 'The space on each side, between the"ehainand the side of the box, is enclosed, so that the chain Bruns -in a groove its entire length, which causes it to'run evenly.

The elevator is carried by the pulleys F', which are driven by a belt, running to either of the shafts G fromv a pulley on the axle of the machine carrying this device. At the bottom a -tube,-A, is placed, which is made circular in form, as shown in the drawings, and

is of sufficient length to allow two of the cups C tobe in at the same time, or (as shown in the drawings) to allow one cup C to enter while one is passing out, and

shown' at jf, so that the cups will enter easily.

The hopper D is formed by placing a false bottom to the box, which extends from the top ofthe tube A to the rear.of the box F, and also to the sides, 'at any angle that will cause the potatoes to pass into the tuinl by their gravity.

The operation of this device is as follows: The potatoe's are placed inthe hopper D, and the elevator set in motion. The potatoes are carried up by the eupl C, and they pass over the centre ofthe upper pulley Fthey are delivered into an ordinary distributing,- cultivator tooth, shown in the drawing, at thc bottom of the planterv The cups being placed at regular dis' tances apart, the potatoes are deposited on the ground at regular inten'als, and covered by any suit-able device.-

What I claim. as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The tube A, .in combination with the carrying chain B, or its equivalent, and'elevating-cups C, or their equivalent, arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2.In combination witlnthe above, the hopper D, .constructed and operating as herein shown, andl for the 'purpose described.

.N. B.' SHERWOOD. Witnesses:

Jes. L. GAGE, y WM. S. LoUGn'BoRoUeH: 

